he could be brought up again to (terra firrna). He was. then tied to a stick 
and well dried In the sun, and then, much to my wife’s satisfaction, was re- 
instated, undaunted by his adventures, in his aviary. 
NIDIFICATION 
The Crested Eagle breeds in the South of Ceylon In February and March, but 
commences In the North somewhat earlier. In the neighbourhood of Trlnco- 
malie I twice found Its nest during the course of its being built or repair¬ 
ed in January, but was unsuccessful in obtaining the eggs; for the olrci de¬ 
serted on both occasions. They were both large structures of sticks placed 
in the uppermost branches of banyan trees, and appear to have taken a long 
time to set in order, one nest having been worked at for a month before I 
ventured to have it looked at, and then it seemed to have made but little 
advance. Only one young bird appears to be reared, for I am aware of two 
instances in which a solitary eaglet was taken from the nest. 
The front figure in the drawing represents a dark bird now in the Zoolo¬ 
gical Gardens, In his sixth year. The other Is that of an Immature light 
bird, which I shot with three others on the same day in the Batticaloa dis¬ 
trict. 
